In response to an inquiry from Armenian News-NEWS.am, Spokesperson of the Special Investigation Service of Armenia Marina Ohanjanyan reported that the preliminary investigation of the case of President of the Constitutional Court Hrayr Tovmasyan and his godson, Norayr Panosyan is over.

“The body conducting proceedings deemed the evidence obtained under the case regarding Hrayr Tovmasyan and Norayr Panosyan to be sufficient in order to draw up an indictment and forward the case to court, and this has been reported to the victims, accused-on-trial, their attorneys, and the case materials have been provided to them so that they can become familiar with them,” Marina Ohanjanyan said.

President of the Constitutional Court of Armenia Hrayr Tovmasyan was charged on December 27, 2019 with abuse of official position. Moreover, the decision on engaging him as an accused-on-trial was rendered by the Prosecutor General of Armenia on December 26, the same day that President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian signed the law on early retirement of the judges of the Constitutional Court.